Broom-hanger



(No Model.) Y

R. D. MARKHAM.

BROOM HANGER..

Patented Aug. 19, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROMONDO D. MARKHAM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BRooM-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,603, dated August19, 1890.

Application filed March 22, 1890. Serial No. 344.894. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RoMoNDo D. MARKHAM, a citizen ot' the United States,residing at Ohicago, Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Broom-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.V

The present invention is intended to be an improvement upon the devicedescribed and claimed in an application heretofore filed by me on the30th day of December, 1889, Serial No. 335,389, and has for its objectto provide means for attaching a ring to a broom in such manner as tocause the ring to stand out from or at an angle to the broom, ashereinafter fully set forth; and the invention consists inthe featuresand details of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of a portion of a broom andhandle With my improved hanger attached thereto; Fig. 2, a frontelevation of the hanger removed from the broom; Fig. 3, a rear elevationthereof; and Fig. 4, a section on line 4. of Fig. 1,1ooking in thedirection of the arrow.

As abroom; A', the broom-handle; B, the attaching plate or box, and O aring.

The ring C is made of any suitable material, and is divided, as shown,to allow of its being sprung into place in the box B'. It is preferablyflattened or straightened for a portion of its circumference, as shownin Fig. 3, Where it engages with the box.

The plate B is made of any suitable sheet metal. Itis preferably madecurving to t the broom-handle, and is provided with anoutwardly-projecting box b, somewhat diamond-shaped, formed by stampin gor by other suitable means. Holes in the side of thisbox and the metalaround the holes pressed inward, forming bearings c cto receive thering. (See Fig. 3.) The sides of this box are made sloping, as shown,whereby the device is fastened to the broom. The ring comes againstthese sloping sides, and is held out, as shown in Fig. 4., at an anglewith the broom-handle, thus rendering it easier to pass the ring over anail or hook to hang up the broom.

The ring is attached to the plate B by spreading its ends apart andinserting them in the holes in the sides of the box b,or in any othersuitable manner.

The hanger may be fastened to the broom by nailing the plate to thehandle, as shown, or by means of the fastening-Wire of the broom, as inthe application above referred to, as desired,and the plate may beprovided With perforations D to facilitate the nailing.

I claim- A broom-hanger comprisin g a curved plate B, adapted to besecured to thebroomhandle and provided with a box b with sloping sides,and a ring C, journaled in such box and contacting as it moves up anddown with the sides of the box, and kept thereby atan angle with theplate, substantially as described.

ROMONDO D. MARKHAM.

Witnesses:

LEORGES. PAYsoN, SAMUEL E. HIBBEN.

